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Hello, Adam — I’m Anastasia (Sasowski) Dunaway, who lived at 356 Highland Boulevard for many years. The Alba family lived at 279 Highland (yes, it was an amazing house!) when you went to that party…and the two Dobermans were the infamous Randy and Willow, who would often swim in the Alba’s pool, along with the Alba kids and all of us neighborhood kids. Aunt Gussie and Uncle Lou (Dr. Alba and Dr. Alba, respectively) were the best, and I miss them.

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Thanks for your comment. Agree the building is not Colonial Revival style. It does have some Colonial Revival details. I will update the story. The designation report says: "These buildings were constructed as two pairs in 1913 and 1914. The earlier pair, at 566 and 570 44th Street (Figure 6), have large round-arched ground-story openings and upper-story arches with keystones that may have been influenced by the Renaissance or Colonial Revival styles. Their brickwork is typically exuberant, with English-bond “background” brick set off by darker header-bond brick and quoining surrounding their window openings, and by geometric-patterned brick within transom and spandrel panels. Crowning both buildings are high parapets with angular and round pediments, shields, and diamond ornament. Both retain impressive French-inspired iron marquees with large, ornate wrought-iron brackets."

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